Legal Opinion

Sheafer v. Woodside

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1917No. Appeal, No. 268PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal, No. 268, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 355, non obstante veredicto for defendants in case of A. W. Sheafer and Henry Sheafer, .Surviving Executors of Estate of Peter W. Sheafer, deceased, v. A. B. Woodside, Virginia Woodside, Geraldine Woodside, Fannie Woodside, Mortgagors; Estate of Geraldine Woodside; G. W. F. Woodside, Administrator, real owner. Scire facias sur mortgage.

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Appeal, No. 268, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 355, non obstante veredicto for defendants in case of A. W. Sheafer and Henry Sheafer, .Surviving Executors of Estate of Peter W. Sheafer, deceased, v. A. B. Woodside, Virginia Woodside, Geraldine Woodside, Fannie Woodside, Mortgagors; Estate of Geraldine Woodside; G. W. F. Woodside, Administrator, real owner. Scire facias sur mortgage. Before Koch, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiffs for $8,'728.87. The court subsequently entered judgment for…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

In 1876, Mrs. A. B. Woodside and her three daughters, Virginia, Geraldine and Fannie, executed a bond and mortgage to Peter W. Sheafer, to secure the payment of $2,650 in two years, covering property owned by them in the Borough of Pottsville. The mortgage was duly recorded in the office for recording deeds in Schuylkill County on June 24, 1876, in mortgage book 1 A H, page 395. Peter W. Sheafer, the mortgagee, died in 1891, leaving a will in which Arthur W. Sheafer and Henry W. Sheafer were named as executors. At the time of his death the bond and mortgage above…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Foulk v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
  2. Gregory's Exrs. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  3. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  4. Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Eby v. Eby's AssigneeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Huffman v. SimmonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Frey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Grenet's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Snyder EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Corn v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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